Quality of Life Comparison

If you lived in Vanuatu instead of Malta, you would:

be 12.8% less likely to be obese

In Malta, 28.9% of adults are obese. In Vanuatu, that number is 25.2% of people.

live 6.8 years less

In Malta, the average life expectancy is 80 years (78 years for men, 83 years for women). In Vanuatu, that number is 74 years (72 years for men, 75 years for women).

Economy

be 61.4% less likely to be unemployed

In Malta, 4.4% of adults are unemployed. In Vanuatu, that number is 1.7%.

make 93.6% less money

Malta has a GDP per capita of $42,000, while in Vanuatu, the GDP per capita is $2,700.

Life

have 2.4 times more children

In Malta, there are approximately 10.1 babies per 1,000 people. In Vanuatu, there are 24.0 babies per 1,000 people.

be 8.7 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Malta, approximately 9.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor. In Vanuatu, 78.0 women do.

be 4.1 times more likely to die during infancy

In Malta, approximately 3.5 children die before they reach the age of one. In Vanuatu, on the other hand, 14.4 children do.

Basic Needs

be 73.0% less likely to have access to electricity

In Malta, 100% of the population has electricity access. In Vanuatu, 27% of the population do.

be 69.0% less likely to have internet access

In Malta, approximately 77.3% of the population has internet access. In Vanuatu, about 24.0% do.

Expenditures

spend 23.6% less on education

Malta spends 7.2% of its total GDP on education. Vanuatu spends 5.5% of total GDP on education.

spend 48.5% less on healthcare

Malta spends 9.7% of its total GDP on healthcare. In Vanuatu, that number is 5.0% of GDP.

Geography

see 12.8 times more coastline

Malta has a total of 197 km of coastline. In Vanuatu, that number is 2,528 km.

Vanuatu: At a glance

Vanuatu is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 12,189 sq km. Multiple waves of colonizers, each speaking a distinct language, migrated to the New Hebrides in the millennia preceding European exploration in the 18th century. This settlement pattern accounts for the complex linguistic diversity found on the archipelago to this day. The British and French, who settled the New Hebrides in the 19th century, agreed in 1906 to an Anglo-French Condominium, which administered the islands until independence in 1980, when the new name of Vanuatu was adopted.